Twilight

TWILIGHT....the in-between time....the last sigh of the day....the quiet, soft time of gathering the threads of the day....the shadows and purple of dusk....the settling in for the night.....
I wove this piece in the twilight of 2017, using long fronds of wand buckwheat that generally grow at higher elevations, but happen to like growing on our hillside as well.
I had started reading poetry again in the morning, and came across a lovely piece from Stephen Mitchell’s anthology entitled “The Enlightened Heart”. Here’s an excerpt from a poem by Lao-Tzu that went straight to my heart:

I have just three things to teach:
Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and in thoughts,
You return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
You accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
You reconcile all beings in the world.

This message went into my weaving of “Twilight”.
The beads are made in Ghana from recycled glass.  “17x28”. $210.  
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